Many years of binocular know-how culminates in Steiner's top-of-the-line Peregrine XP. Packed in a lightweight magnesium body, the ergonomic body style has gel-filled grips and thumb pads for extra comfort. The smooth focus wheel needs only 1.5 turns to travel from near to infinity. High definition optics developed by Steiner result in optimal brightness, color, and contrast. Steiner offers a 30-year limited warranty for the Peregrine XP binocular.

The binoculars has great FOV and optics are excellent. Eye relief is great for people who wear glasses. Some people may find the eye relief to be too much.

They are a bit heavy but it's manageable. Quality control may be suspect as mine came with a squeaky focus knob (I didn't purchase this from EO).

There are certain warnings that I have:

I noticed that focus range is too short at times. I would focus to the end but it still wasn't sharp. It appears you need decent vision or good glasses with these binoculars. I tried seeing something short or long range without my glasses and it just wouldn't focus within the focus range. This is the only binocular that I own that has this problem. Be careful about this.

Steiner accessories will be expensive for Canadians as most of the accessories need to be purchased from Steiner Parts Direct. Pricey shipping to Canada -- currently $29.00 Priority Mail.

It would have been nice if Steiner had objective lens covers that stay attached to the binoculars. The wing part of the eyecup is a bit annoying. I keep them pulled down. The Rainguard is neoprene -- I would have preferred the regular rubber eyecups.

These binoculars use a Clic-Loc system. The neck strap has the Clic-Loc connector that clicks in the binoculars. This would be OK if you find the neck strap acceptable. Since the binocular is a bit heavy I would prefer to use a binocular harness. The problem here is now you are limited to buying the Steiner harness that has the Click-Loc system or you need to buy the separate connectors for $15 so that you can use a 3rd party harness.

This binocular has great optics but because of the other issues I would not buy this binocular again.

Great Steiner quality and customer service
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04/10/2010

by
greg from midwest

Have had these bins for one year and they continue to amaze me with the bright, crisp view, but most importantly is the ability to use them with my eyeglasses. Very clear even at dawn/dusk and have viewed many birds that would have escaped my notice if I did not have my glasses on. Great support from Steiner and good balance/ergonomics. Wish they would build a smaller version 7x35 I'd be the first in line.